, 'V ';*V- ' ' Pa perl . * , Jackson Hai Stock To Sy (And Eagle C Roy c. Allison, ownefr of the Jackson Hardware Company, has sold his business to the Eagle Stores Company and the Sylva Supply Company, thus bringing to an end one of the oldest businesses in Sylva. Mr. Allison stated that the Sylva Supply Company has ?heavy hardware, and IDOUgii" the Eagle Stores, the light hardware. The Sylva Supply Company will remove its part of the stock to its present Hardware department; . and the Eagle Stores will move its business to the building now occupied by the Jackson Hardware Company. Mr. Allison has leased the building to the Eagle Stores Company for a period of ten years. The transaction will be competed next week, it is understood. An inventory of the sttjck will be made, beginning Mcinday morning, it is underikr. Allison stated .that his plans for the future have not hut. that, hp will IUCCU luauv) wu? > ?? continue to be a citzen of Sylva. Mr. Allison came to Sylva from Clay county in 1917, when he, his brother, A. O. Allison, and John R. Jones organized the Jackson Hardware Company, and boughtthe older hardware firm of B./ H. Cathey and Company. MRS HATES DIES IN SOUTH CAROLINA Friends and relatives in this county have received news of the death, in Liberty, South Carolina, of Mrs. Addie Hayes. Mrs. Hayes was born and reared in this county, a daughter of I the late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Wilson, of Big Ridge, and has lived in Liberty for many years. She was one of The Journal's oldest subscribers. I MALE SHOPLIFTER NABBED BY POLICE IN LOCAL CAFE I A tali man with a trick mustache, giving his name as Barney Van Eachern, of New York City, was lodged in the Sylva jail, last week by Chief of Popolince Griffin Middle ton, on a charge of grand larceny, in a shoplifting expedition in a local A traveling salesman was in the store, taking an * order for merchandise, and he laid his overcoat aside. In a short time, he started to leave, and noticed that his coat was gone. A search was instituted, and Chief Middleton found Van Eachern in a Jocai cafe, with the missing coat across his knees. He searched toe young man, and pulled unmapped merchandise from nearly every pocket. Since the coat was valued at *35, and the other merchandise was of value, the charge will be grand larceny, which is a felony in North Carolina. woodmen drive for members started The annual drive for membertoip of the Woodmen of the World is now in progress, acCnrrfi?? m_u_ nnrrPC -u"'6 lu reiu x"ui/u>, P?ndent. Mr. Potts said today: 'We would like every member who is in good standing to be Present for the next meeting to fjnd out just what his obligations are, in order that we may Make this the largest drive in t^e history of our camp. Our Membership has passed the 150 Mark; but there is still room t?r new members. Members are reQuested to be present and on ^me> next Monday night." ; i '-v\V v>. ' ' -. : ? . .' ' '? ;"- - -' Ba&^Svcr-*?^' ..:fW?;'..jfc -\-. ;.'^C:: > - ;:;&> ,t': r,';'":':.;/ ' * ; - .," ' ?* vv: ;. -' : ? .,. ; ' i "y. - >; 1^1 ^3f Ihe Ja board 1 rdware Sells I ' - - .1 lva Supply Companies Roy C. Allison Elected New President Of Local Chamber of Commerce Roy C. Allison was elected president of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce, at the organization meeting of the new board of directors, held at 1 the city hall, last night. J. Cole _ Cannon was elected vice-president; T. N. Massie, secretary; and T. E. Reed, treasurer. It is planned to have a meeting of the directors each Tues- ; day evening at 7:30, until the ; work of 'the chamber for the ; year is well under way. The an- ; Kn trrlll Wa V?a1/1 nuai uaii4U^v YYUI UC iigiu WiUU" in a sh9rt time, and the annual drive for money and members 1 will be held shortly thereafter. Gratification was expressed by . members of the board at the , excellent report made by the manager. Treasurer W. J. Fisher made an itemized report of receipts ; and expenditures during the year, and reported $90.51 bal- ( ance left in the bank. ROTARIANS HEAR { NEW MEMBER The Sylva Rotary Club at its meeting Tuesday night hraftfa ' talk by one of its newest members, Raymond Glenn. Mr. Glenn discussed the history of-the Ro- : tary movement and its great 1 troliiA ac o canrioD r. ! : ' " . :W bHva^ ? Comp Fire Destroys County's Garages Here Yesterday Fire, of undetermined origin, destroyed the garages of the Jackson County Board of Education and the North Carolina Hiarhwavs and Public Works Works Commission, early yesterday afternoon. The buildings were a total loss. One school bus, of little value, was burned, and a number of small tools, belonging to the Works Progress Administration, were destroyed, and about 100 bales of cotton, property of the Surplus Commodities Division 01 tne United States Department of Agriculture, was greatly damaged. _ ; v The cotton, stored for the manufacture of mattresses for farm families, was the greatest loss. The fire started in the fluff basket while two Negroes, who had been operating the fluffing machine were eating their lunch nearby. They noticed ?the flames and gave the alarm. In an almost incredibly short time, the entire building was in flames. The fire was extinguished by the Sylva Volunteer Fire Department, and two tanks of gasoline were saved from ignition or explosion. The cotton was still burning, Dr rather smouldering, at a late hour. Plan Series flf I mil WW! IVV wa Radio Broadcasts 7^" ' *7 "W V - Tentative plana have been { made for a series of broadcasts by Western Carolina Teachers! from wwNC in Asheville. These transcriptions will be made through the recording facilities Df the Guidance Clinic, headed by Dr. Killian. So far the plans have not been discussed with President Hunter, but it is believed that he will approve them when he understands the outline of plans. This series of broadcasts will be known as "Western North Carolina Schools in Review." Each week some school or school club in Western North Carolina will be . featured in a thirtyminute transcribed program. The school or club may prepare its own script or it may use standard radio script such as those distributed free of charge by the Federal Radio Educational Committee. UNION PREACHING SERVICE SUNDAY AT METHODIST CHURCH There will be a union preaching servioe at the Methodist church in Sylva, Sunday evening, at 7:30 o'clock, with the Boy Scounts as special guests of honor. Rev. H. M. Hocutt, pastor of the First Baptist church will conduct the service. This service, to which the entire community is invited, is a part of the celebration of Boy Scout Week, in America. A TALL TRUE STORY OF BIRDHUNTING The other day, Highway Patrolman Ray Brvin, J. P. Stovall, and Cary Dean were birdhunting. Mr. Ervin and Mr. Stovall were standing side by side. The dog pointed a single bird, and when the bird flushed, the two men fired simultaneously. To their surprise two birds fell instead of one. Another dog had pointed a single bird, on a ridge, some distance away, and as the two flew at right angles to each other, and they came in direct line of fire at the same time, and both fell, some forty feet apart All local sportsmen say that they never saw nor heard of uch a> coincidence. ( . ' . zi '/ i fr, - " .rfr ' * " :. , J " *? Vi, fa ptoui ? BHP i nil ORTH CAROLINA, FEBRUARY ?, ;.r any PI County'^ Draft l! Quota Again Filled i With Volunteers %? ; . f 4 . t * i > The Jackson County Selective Service Board ;has received a call ' for twelve, selectees to be sent i to Port Btagg on February 19. ; The twelve &ien will be select- 1 ed from the list of volunteers in 1 the hands of the board, and willj' leave oyiva uu w?v mm, u v>wV? bus on the morning of Wednesday, February 19. Once again, it will be unnecessary for the Board to draft any- , body from this county, since there are sufficient volunteers to ' fill the county's quota. Not a man from this county has yet been drafted. 1 % i ! , Big Increase Shown In Business During Tourist Season . j < : ~~Z : i 1 Reporting to the retiring board of the Chamber of Commerce, on Wednesday night, Mr. M. D. Cowan, manager of the chamber during the last tourist season, reported a great increase in business throughout)' the county during the tourist i season, and that the amount of | money received by hotels, tourist homes, and tourist cabins, in the county last year amounted to nearly $200,000. This is on the 1 basis Of the number of these tourist "fclacfes 'tftat reported to * j the Chamber. Five hotels, 5 1 tourist homes, and 9 tourist < cabins failed to report to the : chamber, and from the ones re- ] porting, receipts aggregating ; 0130,355 was received. ] Number of persons registering and requesting information during the tourist season 1940 J numbers 4,300. j j * j j I mailed out the first week . in November questionnaires to all the hotels, lodges, tourist * ^ ? uu ? | homes and tourist cauma, (( amounting to forty-five, and , out of that number twenty-six j responded and nineteen failed. Out of the number responding j I have compiled the following 1 inf ormation: (The first column indicates the number-registering and in j the second amount received.) . Hotels, lodges.. 24,822 $103,443 Tourist homes.? 12,363 12,640 j Tourist cabins 14,200 14,272 1 ] Total 51,395 $130,355 ] In the list failing to respond to questionnaire were the fol- i lowing: - ] Hotels and lodges 5 1 - . . ? s | Tourist nomcs Tourist cabins l7 9 j s t Total 19 ( | At the end of each question- 1 naire I requested any remarks from any one relative to the J Jackson County Chamber of ? Commerce and received something like the following: The Jackson County Chamber ' of Commerce is, according to all j information we have, a very fine ' organization, and is doing splen- 1 did work. j3 1 I received from tourists from [ all sections of the country very nice remarks as to the very fine service rendered by the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce. ! I also made a personal survey of the Town of Sylva as to the , increase in business during the " oQnnrOfl fier tourist season cum 96VIUW. ?o ures as follows: ! per cent Grocery Stores 50 Pilling Stations 59 j General Stores 45 ' Furniture and Hardware 33 . Cafes ? 40 1 The average increase in busi' ness during the tourist season is 46 per cent. f I.-/'. ' r ... < ' - ' ... ' y&:'' /'.,? * itu I ' r M 1941 . lannin Grade Crossing Accident Fatal To Walter R. Sherrill Walter B. Sherrill, employee of the Dillsboro and Sylva Electric Light Company for many years, died at the C. j. Harris Community hospital, Sunday afternoon, from injuries received Friday morning, when the service truck of the company was struck by a Southern Railway freight train on a grade crossing "in Dillsboro. Lenore Wilson and Charles Messer. emnlovees of the Dower company, who were riding on the truck, were injured, but their injuries were not serious and they are recovering. . Mr. Sherrill, a native of this county and a life long resident here, was 57 years of age. He is survived by one son, two daughters and other relatives. His wife died several years ago. Funeral services were conducted at Jarrett Memorial Baptist church in Dillsboro, Tuesday afternoon, by Rev. C. H. Green, and interment was in Locust Field Cemetery. President Kunter Appeals For More Funds For College President Hunter went before the State Appropriations Committee at Raleigh January 3C ?skiftg for an increase .in the biennial budget, for Western Carolina Teachers College for the years '41 to '43. D. Hiden Ramsey of Asheville, chairman Df the Board of Trustees, and H. E. Buchanan, of Henderson/ille, a member of the board of trustees assisted Mr. Hunter. &lso accompanying him was R, 0. Sutton, College Business Maniger, and John Worth McDevitt, ilumni secretary. In the first year of the bi I i I 1?1 *rr CAA tn | snniai uuuget, ^i,uw xo u??ued for laboratory improvements such as putting water in the lavatories, rewiring' the classroom building, and painting the inside of the classroom building, which has not been done for seventeen years. x I Each of the two years a special allotment is needed for books, About $3,000 more is needed each year for the maintenance of grounds and buildings. This would include repair on class rooms, roofs, sewer lines, water lines, and pay for janitors. For the second year, $2,000 is needed for new kitchen equipment and $2,000 for repairing the dormitories. Mr. Hunted reports that a strong plea was made at Halsigh, and there is some hope 3f getting an addition to the school budget. S. S. CONVENTION TO MEET AT WEBSTER The Tuckaseigee Baptist Sunday School Convention will meet at the Webster Baptist Church, Sunday afternoon* the session to begin at 2:00 o'clock, with congregational singing. Miss Mildred Cowan will lead the devotional. The roll call of the Simday Schools will follow, and a quartet from the Buff Creek church will sing. At 2:30 Rev. H. M. Hocutt will speak on the subject "The Hundred Thousand Club; What is it?" J. H. Harwood, of Bryson will make an address and the meeting will close with congregational singing and prayer. j JOINS NAVY I Jack Allison, son of Mr. and Mrs. Claud Allison, has enlisted in tfie United States Navy, and has gone to Norfolk for permanent assignment. H y..7* *!. " ; .y*w5V'?'"' -'t. \ , ' ' !' ' " A V'A^js: -* >.',iy if!A i iavoring a reierciiuum upyn ui? | question of wine and beer and ABC stores in North Carolina, and memoralizing the General Assembly to provide for the referendum. The resolution follows: Whereas it is evident on every hand that the sale of wine and beer has caused more drinking and has encouraged the illegal handling of liquor and has had such a large part in the crime of the past few years, and Whereas there is a growing sentiment in our County and in other counties about us against the handling, selling, and drinking of wine, beer, and liquor, and Whereas there is a strong ef| fort put forth all over the State j of North Carolina to rid our State of all alcoholic drinks: NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Tuckaseigee Baptist Sunday School Convention now in its regular session it the New Savannah Baptist" Church, Sunday afternoon, Janjary 12, 1941, with 100 present from 16 Baptist Sunday Schools in Jackson County, do hereby petition the 1941 General Assembly of North Carolina, now in session at Raleigh, to fix a date and to make provision for a state-wide referendum on all beer, wine, hard liquor, and any and all alcoholic drinks in order that the citizens of North Carolina may have their right to express themselves on this most important moral issue; and Be it further resolved that we send a copy of this -resolution to Honorable Dan K. Moore, our Representative in the General Assembly, and to His Honor J. M. iBroughton, Governor of North Carolina,with the urgent request t.hpv do all in their power to turn this matter back to the people of North Carolina for them to settle by vote. ALL COUNTY CATTLE TO BE EXAMINED FOR BANG'S DISEASE A cooperative program has been worked out with the U. 8.I Department of Agriculture, State Department of Agriculture and Jackson County whereby all of the cattle will be tested for Bang's disease. Dr. Cecil E. Byrd of the U. 8. Bureau of Animal Industry arrived in Sylva today and will start testing the cattle in Jackson County for Bang's disease immediately. Dr. Byrd will visit all of the farmers who own cattle to take blood samples for fhtfl All male and female cattle six months and over will be given this test. It will be greatly appreciated if all cattle owners will have their cattle in barns at the time Dr. Byrd visits their farm. Lieut. Ariail Visits Here Lieutenant Robert L. Ariail Jr.. who is stationed at Fort Benning, Ga., spent the week-end here with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Ariail. It is estimated that over $2,000,000 worth of commercial legume inoculants are sold annually in the United States now as compared with only $1,000,000 worth in 1930. ' i "M . ' DYANCE IN THE COUNTY i i -mi " JIM ansion 1 ; ; ;M irce States 'Cm o Be Made ir Weeks I The Jomrnal has learned from a rciuhvic ouuibc wia? ca)wii?vu will be made in the mill of the Sylva Paperboard Company 1 within the next few weeks. Just the extent of the additions to the plant have not been revealed; but it is understood that the capacity of the mill will be considerably increased. , J I JOURNAL RECEIVES NEW Ami RENEWAL SUBSCRIPTIONS 11 1 New subscribers and recent re- . t*. newals include: Mrs. Geo. Sams, Marietta, Ga., Don Fisher, Allen Sutton, R. T. Ashe, R. U. Garrett, Mrs. Lon Jones, W. B. Morris, L. W. Crawford, Joe Ensley, Sylva; J. K. Anderson, Try on; E. A. Wolff, Winston - Salem; Mrs. Glen Davis, Darrington, Wash.; Mrs. H M. Hooper, Mogadore, Ohio; Rev D. M. Pressley, Washington, Pa., L. C Hall, Hattiesburg, Miss.; Zebulon Weaver, Washington, D. C.; Tom Moore, Lookout Mt., Tenn.; W. M. Worm ser, New York City; G. C. Crawford, Balsam; Mrs. Florence Frizell, Bob Cowan, R. L. Madison .Webster; F. L. Tilley, Speedwell; J. M. Cunningham, Carl Jamison, Glenville; Mrs. Evelyn Coward, L: A. Ammon, R. V. rtiillrtirrV, T T Prronn jbtuwtt^ v/uuvffust) ?. *. wtjhvit,. John B. Deitz, Greens Creek, rW. H. Hoyle, Claude Hawkins, rl* TCS^CO#!*, '-B: Farmer, Jack Peyton, Whittier, A. L. Petty, (colored), Dillsboro; Rev. Paul P. Thrower, Bryson City, Mrs. D. C. Plcklesimer, Highlands; Mrs. Joe Stewart, Erastus; Early Prince, Lyman, Wash,.; Mrs. Lora Sayoie, Redlands, Calif., John B Deitz, Gay. BAPTISTS ACCEPT REV. H. M. HOCUTT'S RESIGNATION The Sylva Baptist church accepted the resignation of Rev. H. M. Hocutt, on Sunday morning, to become effective on April I. Mr. Hocutt resigned to accept a call to the pastorate of Reed Memorial church in Asheville. A pulpit committee composed of J. T. Gribble, A. J. Dills, Edwin Allison, S. H. Monteith, Mrs. J. V. Hall, Mrs. John B. Ensley, and Mrs. Herbert Bryson, was appointed to make recommendations for filling the vacancy. FUNERAL TUESDAY FOR MRS. CREASMAN Funeral services for Mrs. M. L. Creasman, who died at her home Sunday night following a long illness, were held Tuesday morning at the Wesley Chapel PhnmVi Tho Ppv P! 1UCU1UUIO* a uv awi. Jamison of Sylva, officiated. ' Burial was in the church cemetery. Surviving are her husband; four daughters, Mrs. N. M. Jones, Mrs. J. D. Gibbs, Mrs. Clyde Giggs and Miss Minnie Creas- "i man, all of Sylva, and one brother, John Marlor of Tacoma, Wash. EXTENSION EXPERT TO CONDUCT SCHOOL . Miss Pauline Gordon, Extension Specialist in Home Manage meat and House Furnishings will conduct a leader's school at the court house in Sylva Wednesday, February 12. The subject of the leaders' school will be slip covers. The meeting witf begin at ten o'clock and dose at three. All Home Demonstration Club women who are interested in making slip covers for their furniture are urged to attend this meeting, liiss Gordon will show two film strips on the construction of sUp covers in connection with her dttaonitration. ,j